Afterwards, I began to think of today was the first day of January this year.

随后想到今天是元月元日。

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The fiscal year of The People's Bank of China begins on the first day of January and ends on the thirty-first day of December of the Gregorian calendar.

中国人民银行的会计年度自公历1月1日起至12月31日止。

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This Agreement shall have effect as respects income derived during the taxable years beginning on or after the first day of January next following that in which this Agreement enters into force.

本协定将适用于在协定生效年度的次年一月一日或以后开始的纳税年度中取得的所得。

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This is what it said: I,Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States and commander in chief of the Army and Navy, do hereby declare that on the first day of January, eighteen sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state then in rebellion against the United States, shall then become and be forever free.

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When owners of small businesses are celebrating the holidays next year, their cheer, they are being told, should be tempered by the thought that they will have to cope with the employer requirements for health insurance that will be effective the first day of January, 2014.

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As of the close on Thursday the Dow has had only two days of triple-digit moves this year, and both were to the upside, a gain of 170 points on the first trading day of January, and a gain of 156 points on the second trading day of February.

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Last week most of the gain took place on Monday, the last day of January, and only the first day of the new month (Feb).

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